Terry Sanford sweeps CFVC tennis titles

Terry Sanford’s Helen Zhang won the Cape Fear Valley Conference singles championship and fellow Lady Bulldogs Claire Lieberman and Huda McGraw won an all-Bulldog doubles final match on Thursday at Lee County High School.

Six Lady Bulldogs and six Union Pines players will make up the CFVC contingent at the NCHSAA 3A Mid East Regional Championships Friday-Saturday at Burlington Tennis Center. Terry Sanford, as the season champion, and Union Pines have qualified for the 3A Dual Team State Tournament which begins with the first round on Tuesday.

In the singles tournament, Southern Lee’s Ashley Darr and Daisy Chang reached the quarterfinals as did Lee County’s Marianna Lucas.

The Lady Jackets and Lady Cavaliers had doubles teams reach the quarterfinals. Emily Gotschalk and Madison Childs, as well as Mason Sanders and Kaitlin Gotschalk got to the last eight. Southern Lee’s top doubles team, Britta Bowers and Madeline Lutz got to the quarters, too.

For the Lady Vikings, Mary Beth Jackson and Julianne Hall, the top two singles players for Union Pines all year, qualified for regionals in singles. In doubles, Kailee Southworth and Celine Bullock, along with Megan Smith and Abbey Downing, qualified.